Jessey
6th Mar 2006, 02:01 PM
Well vet was meant to come out last Wednesday to re-scan Bo's stifle but he got cast Tuseday morning so we postponed till today to hopefully let any swelling go down etc.
The vet wanted to see Bo walk today so he got to step foot outside his stable for the first time in weeks (apart from the little escaping incident :p ) and he was quite stiff, after walking for a couple of minutes he was still stiff, not what we wanted :(
Went back to his stable and did another ultrasound scan, The good news is there was visible and significant improvement in the leision of the miniscus (cartlidge) so that is really good news :D Bad news was that there is still significant inflamation around the cruciate ligament although we have not been able to identify a particular problem with it :(
The vet injected a strong anti-inflamitory directly into the joint to try and get the swelling round the ligament to go down asap.
So, another 3 weeks box rest, then another scan, then hopefully we will be able to start walking him for 5 mins twice a day, until then he is staying on the bute and joint supplement and we have everything crossed that he doesn't do anything else to slow his progress :rolleyes:
I am getting a little worried now about the ammount of bute and ACP he is having, didn't mind it for a couple of weeks but since this began he has had 60 bute (know that because I had to get another box today) and about 200 ACP, plus a fair few other shots of sedative and the joint injections too. Any thoughts of what I can do to help his body deal with this? He now has a friend staying in with him in the day so I am hopeing I can get him off the ACP pretty shortly but he has to have the bute so that will be another 40 odd by the next visit and then I guess he will have to keep having it after that too. Do you thing a probiotic will help, am worried about stomach ulcers and also the effect this will be having on his liver, maybe there is a de-tox tonic or something I could give him when he come off of it, hopefully in the not too distant future :)
J x
The vet wanted to see Bo walk today so he got to step foot outside his stable for the first time in weeks (apart from the little escaping incident :p ) and he was quite stiff, after walking for a couple of minutes he was still stiff, not what we wanted :(
Went back to his stable and did another ultrasound scan, The good news is there was visible and significant improvement in the leision of the miniscus (cartlidge) so that is really good news :D Bad news was that there is still significant inflamation around the cruciate ligament although we have not been able to identify a particular problem with it :(
The vet injected a strong anti-inflamitory directly into the joint to try and get the swelling round the ligament to go down asap.
So, another 3 weeks box rest, then another scan, then hopefully we will be able to start walking him for 5 mins twice a day, until then he is staying on the bute and joint supplement and we have everything crossed that he doesn't do anything else to slow his progress :rolleyes:
I am getting a little worried now about the ammount of bute and ACP he is having, didn't mind it for a couple of weeks but since this began he has had 60 bute (know that because I had to get another box today) and about 200 ACP, plus a fair few other shots of sedative and the joint injections too. Any thoughts of what I can do to help his body deal with this? He now has a friend staying in with him in the day so I am hopeing I can get him off the ACP pretty shortly but he has to have the bute so that will be another 40 odd by the next visit and then I guess he will have to keep having it after that too. Do you thing a probiotic will help, am worried about stomach ulcers and also the effect this will be having on his liver, maybe there is a de-tox tonic or something I could give him when he come off of it, hopefully in the not too distant future :)
J x